Vesta township, Walsh County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 46 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Vesta township: | 45.8% |
| Whole state: | 1.9% |
62% of Vesta township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1775
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 168
- South: 66
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $110,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 634
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 26
- 5 to 9: 3
- 10 to 19: 13
- Mobile homes: 120
Median worth of mobile homes: $56,000
Housing units in Vesta township with a mortgage: 267 (24 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 98
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Construction (11%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vesta township:
- German (29.7%)
- English (15.8%)
- United States or American (15.8%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- Dutch (5.4%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
- Polish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (27%)
- Japan (14%)
- Germany (9%)
- Italy (9%)
- Korea (9%)
- Laos (9%)
- Other South America (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 736 (80%)
- Carpooled: 104 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (2%)
- Worked at home: 48 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Solar energy (1%)
94.1% of residents of Vesta township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
4.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,086- In family households: 1,894 (489 male householders, 101 female householders)
456 spouses, 736 children (631 natural, 19 adopted, 86 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 23 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 192 (66 male householders (52 living alone)), 89 female householders (76 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 244 2-persons, 137 3-persons, 114 4-persons, 62 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 128 1-person, 21 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
15 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 34
| Here: | 9.9% |
| North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.6% |
| North Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 8.0% |
| North Dakota: | 10.5% |